Light ARchitect vs DTL Local Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Light ARchitect
Visualize lighting fixtures in any space using augmented reality. This app allows you to select popular products, customize their orientation, color, and shape, and view them in real-time with a 360-degree perspective. Get instant screenshots and product details.
- Augmented reality visualization
- Select popular lighting products
- Customize fixture orientation, color, shape
- Real-time 360-degree view
- Instant screenshots
- Product information access
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Make lighting design as mobile as you are with Cooper Lighting Solutions augmented reality app. AR opens the door to design by enabling you to visualize lighting fixtures in any space or environment or setting. Select one or more of our most popular products to help you decide which luminaires are the perfect choice for your project. Customize your experience by adjusting orientations, colors, and shapes. Visualize real-time with a 360-degree view of the fixture from any angle or position. Receive an instant screenshot along with product information.
DTL Local Connect
This app provides secure, local wireless control for outdoor lighting systems. It streamlines installation, operations, and maintenance with optimized field workflows. Full lifecycle management is available via a web portal and the mobile application.
- Secure local point-to-point Bluetooth control
- Full lifecycle management via web portal
- Optimized field workflows
- Installation, operations, and maintenance support
- Wireless control for outdoor lighting
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Secure Local point-to-point Bluetooth Wireless Control with Full Lifecycle Management via Web Portal and Mobile Application for Outdoor Lighting. Mobile app is designed with optimized field workflows for installation, operations and maintenance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Light ARchitect at 32 against DTL Local Connect's 1. On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Light ARchitect against 5.0 for DTL Local Connect. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Light ARchitect has 32 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Light ARchitect ships an update every 2 months, DTL Local Connect every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Light ARchitect | DTL Local Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 623 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cooper Lighting | Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc |
Customer experience
Light ARchitect
DTL Local Connect
In-app purchases
Light ARchitect
No in-app purchases
DTL Local Connect
No in-app purchases
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